Senses treasure hunt
Delve into the fascinating world of your senses with our GPS scavenger hunt full of surprising discoveries. Learn how your eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin work together to perceive the world around you. Discover amazing facts about sensory perception while completing interactive tasks.
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What colour do you see when you look at a red apple?
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
What do you feel when you put bare feet on cold grass?
Cold jitters under your feet
Heat only
Nothing at all
Hardness only
Which sense do you use to smell the scent of popcorn?
Smell
Taste sense
Hearing
Touch sense
Which sense do you use to see stars in the sky?
Vision
Hearing
Touch sense
Taste sense
What sound do you hear when you clap your hands?
A clacking sound
A ringing sound
No sound at all
A singing sound
What do you see when you look at the moon at night?
A bright white light
Only darkness
Bright colours
Nothing special
How many ears does a human being have?
2
1
3
4
What do you use to feel that water is warm?
With your skin
With your eyes
With your nose
With your ears
Which sense can you use to feel that an ice cream is cold?
Touch sense
Vision
Hearing
Smell
Where are your nostrils?
In your nose
In your mouth
In your ears
On your cheek
What can you feel with your fingers?
Whether something is rough or smooth
What colour something is
What sound something makes
What smell something has
How can you feel that it is warm outside?
Through your skin
Through your eyes
Through your ears
Through your nose
What is the best way to hear what someone is saying to you?
With your ears
With your eyes
With your nose
With your mouth
Which part of your eye can you see changing colour in different people?
The iris
The pupil
The whites of the eyes
The eyelids
What colour is your pupil (the black circle in your eye)?
Black
Blue
Green
Brown
Which body part can you use to feel if your jumper is soft?
Your hands
Your eyes
Your ears
Your nose
What shape is your eyeball?
Round like a ball
Oval like an egg
Flat like a pancake
Square like a die
Which sense can you use to feel if something is sharp?
Touch sense
View
Hearing
Flavour
Which sense does a snake mainly use to find its prey?
Sensing heat
Hearing well
Seeing sharply
Smelling strongly
What does your ear produce to keep itself clean?
Earwax
Saliva
Sweat
Tears
What can your skin feel apart from touch?
Temperature and pain
Sounds only
Colours only
Fragrances only
Where in your ear is the balance organ located?
In the inner ear
In the outer ear
In the middle ear
In the earlobe
Where are the taste buds located?
On your tongue
In your nose
In your ears
In your mouth
How long does it take for your nose to get used to a smell?
About 1 minute
About 10 minutes
About 1 hour
About 10 seconds
Which animal has a much better sense of smell than humans?
Dogs
Cats
Birds
Fish
How fast do nerve signals travel from your senses to your brain?
120 metres per second
10 metres per second
300 metres per second
50 metres per second
Which flavour usually alerts you to spoiled food?
Bitter and sour
Sweet
Salt
Umami
Which body part has the most pain receptors?
Your face
Your hands
Your feet
Your back
Approximately how many taste cells does a person have on their tongue?
10.000
1.000
50.000
100.000
Where are the smell receptors in your nose?
At the top of the nasal cavity
On the outside of your nose
In your nostrils
At the bottom of the nasal cavity
What fluid is in your inner ear?
Endolymph
Blood
Saliva
Water
How long does a smell linger in your memory?
For a very long time, sometimes years
About a day
About an hour
About a week
What is night blindness?
Poor vision in low light due to lack of vitamin A
Not being able to see at all in the dark
Only being able to see in the dark
Poor vision due to too much light during the day
What are the three ossicles in your ear called?
Hammer, anvil and stirrup
Hammer, axe and saw
Large, middle and small
First, second and third
What happens in your eye when it gets dark?
The pupils enlarge and the rods become more active
Pupils get smaller
The cones become more active
The retina thickens
Which cells allow us to see in low light?
Rod
Skittles
Bipolar cells
Ganglion cells
What is the scientific name for impaired hearing due to old age?
Presbyacusis
Tinnitus
Otosclerosis
Presbyopia
Which sense helps you maintain balance?
The balance organ in the ear
The nose
The tongue
The fingertips
Which part of the eye is responsible for focusing at different distances?
The eye lens
The cornea
The iris
The retina
Which part of the ear is responsible for hearing?
The cochlea
The ossicles
The eardrum
The auricle
What determines the strength of a sound?
Amplitude
Frequency
Wavelength
Period
What is the name of the fluid in the semicircular canals of the ear?
Endolymph
Perilymph
Cerebrospinal fluid
Interstitial fluid
What is the name of the thin skin that forms the eardrum?
Membrana tympani
Membrana basilaris
Membrana tectoria
Membrana vestibularis
Which receptor in the skin responds to pressure and touch?
Mechanoreceptor
Thermoreceptor
Nociceptor
Chemoreceptor
According to current science, how many flavour types can we distinguish?
5
4
6
7
Which cells are responsible for colour vision?
Skittles
Rod
Amacrine cells
Horizontal cells
What is the smallest amount of light a rod can detect?
1 photon
10 photons
100 photons
1000 photons
Which flavours are perceived by the papillae on the tip of the tongue?
All flavours evenly
Sweet only
Sweet and salty
Acid only
Which taste buds are located on the sides of the tongue?
Foliate papillae
Fungiform papillae
Circumvallate papillae
Filiform papillae
What temperature is perceived as neutral by the skin?
32-36°C
20-25°C
37-40°C
25-30°C
How many different smells can an average human nostril distinguish?
More than 1 billion
About 10,000
About 1 million
About 100,000
What is the difference between nearsightedness and farsightedness?
Myopia: poor distant vision, farsightedness: poor near vision
Myopia: poor near vision, farsightedness: poor far vision
Both mean the same thing
The difference is in the age of emergence
Which of the following is NOT a primary flavour?
Metallic
Umami
Bitter
Acid
What is the primary function of the Eustachian tube?
Pressure equalisation between middle ear and outside air
Transport of sound waves
Production of earwax
Cleaning the ear
What phenomenon explains why you can't smell a perfume scent after a while?
Olfactory adaptation
Neural habituation
Sensory overload
Recipe fatigue
What happens to your pupils when you look at something up close?
They are getting smaller
They get bigger
They remain the same
They vibrate
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